On June 15, 2022, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting (the “June 2022 Extraordinary General Meeting”) which amended the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the date by which the Company must consummate its initial Business Combination from June 21, 2022 (the “Original Termination Date”) to March 21, 2023 (the “June 2022 Extension Amendment Proposal”). As part of the June 2022 Extraordinary General Meeting, shareholders elected to redeem 11,093,735 Class A ordinary shares, resulting in redemption payments out of the Trust Account totaling $111,062,537, or approximately $10.01 per share which includes $125,817 of earnings in the Trust Account not previously withdrawn. Subsequent to the redemptions, 7,406,265 Class A ordinary shares remained issued and outstanding until the March 2023 Extraordinary General Meeting further described below. In order to support the extension to consummate an initial Business Combination to March 21, 2023, the Sponsor agreed to deposit $244,407 into the Trust Account, which is an aggregate of $0.033 per Class A ordinary share for each month of the extension period up to and until October 21, 2022, pro-rated for partial months during the extension period, resulting in a maximum contribution of $977,627, or $0.132 per share of Class A ordinary shares that were not redeemed in connection with the June 2022 Extraordinary General Meeting. Contributions in the amount of $0.033 per Class A ordinary shares were funded on each of June, July, August and September 21, 2022. The Company also agreed to provide the holders of Class A ordinary shares then outstanding with the opportunity to redeem their Class A ordinary shares on or about October 21, 2022 if the Company did not consummate its initial Business Combination as of October 21, 2022. On October 21, 2022, the Company launched a fixed price tender offer (the “2022 Tender Offer”) to purchase and redeem its Class A Ordinary Shares at a purchase price of $10.21 per share of Class A Ordinary Shares, net to seller in cash and without interest upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the 2022 Tender Offer.
On January 6, 2023, the 2022 Tender Offer expired (the “Expiration Time”). A total of 4,101,830 Class A ordinary shares were validly tendered and not withdrawn in the 2022 Tender Offer. The Company accepted for purchase all such Class A ordinary shares at a purchase price of $10.21 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $41,879,684, which includes $319,942 of earnings in the Trust Account not previously withdrawn. After giving effect to the 2022 Tender Offer, there were 3,304,435 Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. In connection with the Tender Offer, the Sponsor deposited an additional $198,266 into the Trust Account (an aggregate of $0.06 per Class A ordinary share) on each of January, February and March 9, 2023.
On March 10, 2023, pursuant to the terms of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company, the Sponsor, the holder of an aggregate of 4,475,000 shares of the Company’s Class B Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, elected to convert 4,475,000 shares of the Class B Ordinary Shares held by it on a one-for-one basis into Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company, with immediate effect. Following such conversion, the Company had an aggregate of 7,779,435 shares of Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, of which 3,304,435 were subject to possible redemption, and 150,000 shares of Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. In connection with the conversion, the Sponsor has agreed to certain transfer restrictions, a waiver of redemption rights, a waiver of any right to receive funds from the Trust Account and the obligation to vote in favor of an initial business combination.
On March 15, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “March 2023 Extraordinary General Meeting”), to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Second Articles Amendment”) to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from March 21, 2023 to March 21, 2024 (the “March 2023 Extension Amendment Proposal”). The shareholders of the Company approved the March 2023 Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal at the March 2023 Extraordinary General Meeting and on March 15, 2023, the Company filed the Second Articles Amendment with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies.
As part of the March 2023 Extraordinary General Meeting, shareholders elected to redeem 1,444,221 Class A ordinary shares, resulting in redemption payments out of the Trust Account totaling $15,297,014, or approximately $10.59 per share which includes $404,207 of earnings in the Trust Account not previously withdrawn. Subsequent to the redemptions and the conversion and through December 31, 2024, 6,335,214 Class A ordinary shares remained issued and outstanding, of which 1,860,214 were subject to possible redemption until the March 2024 Extraordinary General Meeting further described below.
The Company and the Sponsor have agreed that they will deposit into the Trust Account an amount equal to the lesser of (i) $0.04 per share or (ii) $65,000.00 for each month (the “Second Monthly Contribution”) of the second extension period up and until February 21, 2024, resulting in a maximum contribution of $0.48 per share of Class A Ordinary Shares that is not redeemed in connection with the March 2023 Extraordinary General Meeting (the “Second Maximum Contribution”, and the period from March 21, 2023 to March 21, 2024 the “Second Guaranteed Payment Period”), subject to the Company’s and the Sponsor’s right to stop making said Monthly Contributions. This contribution was funded on or about the 21st of each month through February 21, 2024; provided that, no such deposits will be made following the completion of any business combination.